Waistband



Apr. 17, w23. '11,452,2@31

IM. L. HEI-LER WAISTBAND Filed March 18, 1922 Patented Apr. 17, 1923.

i UITE ST MILTON L. KELLER, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WAISTBAND.

Applicationled March 18, 1922.

T o @ZZ Iwho/m. t may concern.'

Be it known Ythat l, MILTON L. HELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of `llings and State of New York, haveV invented certain new and useful Improvements in vWa-istbands; and l do `hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in waist bands, and more particularly to waist bands upon childrens trousers, the main object of the present invention being the provision of an improved waist band having stiffening means embodied therein adaptedl notonly to enable the band tol stand up but to reenforce the band and button holes; an additional object is to provide reenforcinp,` stitching in conjunction with said stiiiening means to lend additional strength to the buttonhole strip of the band, and at the same `time strengthen the waist band throughout its entire lengthwith the use of a minimum amount of material.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a. waistband in which the customary scalloping or other` means heretofore employed for holding the buttonhole strip of the waistband up in positio-n are eliminated by virtue of the employment of stiifening means within the waist band through its entire length.

A still further object of the invention is to equalize the strength of material at both ends of the buttonhole so that the one end of the buttonhole is as strong as the other.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the upper portion of a pair of trousers having my improved waist band applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a detail elevation of a portion of the band, and

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view. Figure 4 is a similar sectional view taken through a buttonhole.

Referring now more particularly to the dra-wings, the numeral l indicates the trousers having my improved waist band 2 apstrip.

sei-iai no. 544,914.

plied thereto. rl`he waist band is prefer'- ably formed of three pieces of material consisting of a buttonhole strip 3 and an attaching strip Ll, the attaching strip being positioned between the buttonhole strip 3 and the material of the trousers l, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The third part of the band is a stif'ening strip 5 included within the button hole strip 3 and forming the essential part of the invention.

In the construction of mv improved waist band, the band is made up of any suitable material. The material of the button hole strip is irst arranged upon one side of the stiffening strip 5, as at (i, and then brought over upper edge of the stillening strip folded upon itself as at 7, to form ahem along the upper longitudinal edge of the buttonhole This hem is then stitched down onto the stiifening strip, the stitching passingr through and embracing the portion 6 of the buttonhole strip. The facingmaterial is then brought downwardly over the'lining` and folded upon itself-to form a pleat as at This pleat is preferably arranged at the lower ends of the buttonliol-es 9 and in stitching this pleat l() into position, a straight line of stitching 11 is used, said stitchingextending` through and embracing the inner stiffening strip 5, one of the longitudinal edges of the material of the buttonhole strip and the lower edge of the attaching strip 4t, thus the one straight line of stitching ll not only holds the pleat l() in position, but is utilized to connect the stiftening 5 with the buttonhole strip and attaching strip a. By arranging this pleat l0 along the waist band 2 in spaced relation with the hem 7, the button holes 9 are addiJ tionally reenforced at each end thereof, thus preventing any tearing out or rippingr of the buttonholes. lt is to be noted that the stiii'eningg` strip is enclosed within the buttonhole strip and secured by both lines of stitching at the top and bottom of the buttonholes, and the holes are made so the stitching therearound unit-es the front and hack of the buttonhole strip and stiifening strip. Also the hem combined with stifteni'ng strip and the front and back of the buttonhole strip provides five plies of materiel at the top of the buttonholes. Similarly the pleat combined with the stifl'ening strip and the front and back of the buttonhole strip provides live plies of material at the bottom of the buttonholes. By this construction the top and bottom of the button holes are of equal strength and are amply reenforced so as to be very strong and not likely to be torn out. Furthermore, use of the stiffening strip not only holds the waistband upright, avoiding the necessity of scallops and the resulting inconvenience of buttoning, but also gives body77 or a more shapely appearance to the trousers embody- 'ing the invention. f

After the b-uttonhole strip has been secured by the line of stitching 11, the additional amount of material is extended down Vand around the lower edgeof the stiilening strip 5 and the lower longitudinal edge ofthe buttonhole strip is folded onto the back of the stiffening strip and the buttonhole strip and stiifening strip are then secured by the line of stitching l2 to the body of the gar- Vlnent l. The attaching strip is sewn to the trousers l at a point adjacent its upper edge by means of the line of stitching 13.

Attention is called to the fact that by connecting` the stiffening strip 5 to the bntton- 'hole strip, vadditional strength is provi-ded for whereby to retain the buttonhole strip in an uprighty position and preventV the same from flapping over toward the inside of the body of the trousers.

By constructing a waist band as set forth above, reduces labor expense in the construction of the band enough or more than enough to counterbalance the additional expense of material and at the same time adds to the strength of the band throughout its Astrip l having buttonholes entire length,jand particularly at the ends of the buttonholes where this strength is vmost needed.

throughout its length, said strip being at#` tached to said Atrousers a distancebelow'the upper edge thereof, said strip being folded upon itself adjacent the lower ends of the the upper edge of said buttonholes, and eX- 4tending down to a point adjacentthe point of attachment to said trousers7 ay stiffening strip between the spaced folds of said huttonhole strip, and an attaching strip fasitened at its upper endv to the edge of said trousers, and at its lower end to said butftonhole strip adjacenty its first mentioned fold.

MILTON l L. HELLER.

and again at a point adjacent In testimony'whereof I aiix my signature'. 

